Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

me the other day. I hear that he may be a slaveto his hag of a wife. Why doesn’t one see God?The reason is that ‘lust and greed’ form a veil.How could he say in your presence, ‘Aparamahamsa [12] visited my father and myfather cooked a chicken for him!’ (Balaramlaughs.) I am in such a spiritual state that I canonly eat a little fish gravy if it is first offered tothe Divine Mother. But I can’t eat meat offeredto the Mother. I only taste it with the tip of myfinger, lest the Mother should be cross with me.(All laugh.)His earlier story – on the way to Burdwan – journeysthrough his native countryside – he hears NakurAcharya’s songs“Well, can you explain the state of my mind? Iwas going to my village [Kamarpukur] bybullock cart from Burdwan. Suddenly a stormarose and it began to rain heavily. A group ofpeople came and gathered around the cart. Mycompanions told me they were dacoits. So Ibegan to repeat the Lord’s name. Sometimes Irepeated Rama’s name, sometimes Kali’s, andthen Hanuman’s. I repeated all these names.What do you think of this?”Is Sri Ramakrishna hinting that there is but oneGod with numberless names; that followers ofdifferent religions and sects quarrel with eachother in vain?